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• only enhance transportation options, but also create jobs, reduce traffic congestion, and improve environmental
• prioritizes pedestrian access in city centers and creates localities centered on sustainability and environmentally
• John Moffat, on behalf of the American Council of Engineering Companies of California, in support.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several transportation-related bills, beginning with AB 431 on advanced air mobility. The author and supporters from AUVSI, Joby Aviation, United Airlines, Wisk Aero, the City of Long Beach, and Archer said the bill would create a statewide plan and technical framework for eVTOL/advanced air mobility infrastructure, public outreach, and local implementation. No opposition testified, and the bill passed the committee as amended to Appropriations on a unanimous roll call. Members then took up AB 630 on abandoned or hazardous RVs. The author and supporters, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s office, argued the bill would curb a cycle in which inoperable RVs are towed, auctioned cheaply, and returned to the streets by predatory buyers, while adding notice, recovery, and reporting requirements. Opponents from Western Center on Law and Poverty and ACLU California Action warned the bill would destroy RVs that serve as shelter for unhoused residents and could worsen homelessness. After discussion about the bill’s focus on dismantling rather than towing, the committee passed AB 630 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also approved AB 314, which would support transit-oriented development around planned and existing high-speed rail stations; AB 1223, which gives Sacramento County communities more flexibility to use local transportation revenues for related infrastructure supporting infill development; AB 1111, which adds flexibility to the zero-emission school bus transition for rural and disadvantaged districts; AB 1190, which caps fees charged by DMV business partners and requires clearer disclosure of the official DMV site; AB 987, which limits unreasonable towing fees and related charges; and AB 911, which creates a narrow exemption from Advanced Clean Fleets rules for telecommunications bucket trucks and sail-on-wheels used in emergencies. Most bills drew support from local governments, industry, or consumer groups, while AB 1111 and AB 911 drew opposition from clean transportation and environmental advocates concerned about weakening emissions goals. All of the bills were reported out as amended to the Committee on Appropriations, with recorded roll-call votes and several members adding their names as co-authors or supporters.

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• We are here to share an important economic engine tied specifically to film production, and that is..
• Members, you've received some written material from an environmental attorney, a person who works at
• As an environmental attorney, I've never had to follow Matthew McConaughey, but it's the first time for

Bills: HB4568, HB5458, HB4543, HB2703, HB3728, HCR113, HCR126

Keywords: film industry, incentives, grants, Texas, moving image, economic development, production companies, content standards, HB 5458, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, chronic wasting disease, CWD, cervids, deer, elk, moose, wildlife management, game animals, disease management

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• region is to provide adequate health care to this entire area so that we can support that economic engine
• this byproduct would end up wasted. ...and occupy precious space in local landfills, providing no environmental
• the donation of spent grain, we reduce waste and lessen the burden on our environment. in the environmental

Bills: HB249, HB 1186, HB2313, HB2408, HB2508, HB2730, HB2974, HB3045, HB3232, HB3336, HB3710, HB4044, HB4236, HJR133, HB249

Keywords: ad valorem taxes, property taxes, homestead exemption, disabled veterans, senior citizens, tax payments, installment payments, municipal tax revenue, hotel, convention center, tax code, economic development, local government, municipality, tax revenue, qualified projects, municipal taxation, hotel project, municipality funding, veteran

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• affordability, another being addressing climate change, reducing GHG emissions, a variety of sort of environmental
• And I think that that doesn't necessarily mean it's time. to roll back all of those environmental objectives
• highly skilled... jobs that require, really STEM jobs that require technology and education and engineering

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I understand how OSHA Engineers Union.
• Colorado, they've got a steam engine Colorado, they've got a steam engine train<01:55:04.000>
• emergency protections, and environmental emergency protections, and environmental work<02:40:35.280
• to the companies and the economic engine to the companies and the economic engine of<03:12:39.680
• <03:12:46.560> without spokes of that economic engine without spokes of that economic engine

Keywords: 981, all

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• The bill says these projects don't need to do any analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act
• That includes protections under the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Historic Preservation
• Again, good projects don't need this kind of sweeping free pass from environmental review.
• Again, good projects don't need this kind of sweeping free pass from environmental review.
• Like, you have an engineering degree, go home.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, April 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and then Environmental Quality.
• Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and then Environmental Quality.
• I have a mechanical engineering degree from Mississippi State University.
• Certainly, you know, our environmental quality is very important. I have a lot of calls about that.
• Certainly, you know, our environmental quality is very important. I have a lot of calls about that.

Bills: HCR95, HB4, HB244, HB615, HB648, HB1049, HB1201

Keywords: sales tax, exemptions, credits, rebates, uniformity, legislative rules, fiscal report, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, delegates, state election, ratification, Louisiana, public meetings, broadcast, transparency, government accountability

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• No one wants to spend time getting precise and getting it right, engineering a department that is not
• And the State Clearinghouse acts as the state's single point of contact for the environmental review
• I mean, we don't want cities and counties and the producers of environmental documents to send, you know
• You can imagine mailing 15 copies of a draft environmental impact report to Sacramento.
• You can imagine mailing 15 copies of a draft environmental impact report to Sacramento.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• These university workers are engines of innovation.
• would direct the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to publish an updated version of the Environmental
• would direct the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to publish an update version of the Environmental
• relates to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources publishing an updated version of the Environmental
• Speaker, as the clerk said, this bill deals with the publication of the Environmental Justice and permitting

Keywords: March 11, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• with school social workers to address students' social, emotional, physical, mental health, and environmental
• needs so that emotional, physical, mental health, and environmental needs so that students may achieve
• School social workers play a critical role in addressing the social, emotional, and environmental barriers
• A concurrent memorial urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to waive the federal gas
• A concurrent memorial urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to waive the federal gas

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And I think to sort of illustrate that, an example is the Department of Environmental Services permits
• Environmental Environmental Services<00:29:12.159> uh<00:29:12.480> permits<00:29:12.880
• I am an engineer by trade and have designed and installed the solar and battery storage on my own home
• by trade and have designed and engineer by trade and have designed and installed<02:40:35.960> the
• Protection found that the Environmental Protection found that the regional<04:29:05.680> wholesale

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• On page two, line four, she wanted the state to conduct a 14-day environmental review, and we changed
• The amendment also gives the Department of Environmental Services the right to maintain oversight of
• that the Department of Environmental that the Department of Environmental Services<04:42:27.160>
• We had talked about the Department of Environmental Services, but this simply says the state.
• <04:46:33.558> public to to uh find the environmental public to to uh find the environmental

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Uh, we're not asking for secret engineering plans. We don't want secret designs.
• data request showed that they had failed to disclose a third NDA that had been signed by the city engineer
• 10:44.400> city NDA that had been signed by the city NDA that had been signed by the city engineer
• . engineer. engineer.
• c> that<00:10:46.920> the<00:10:47.000> city Their reasoning was that the city engineer

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and then Environmental Quality.
• Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and then Environmental Quality.
• the past six months, roughly, I've been serving as the Deputy Secretary for the Department of Environmental
• I have a mechanical engineering degree from Mississippi State University.
• Certainly, you know, our environmental quality is very important. I have a lot of calls about that.

Summary: The committee first approved the May 20 minutes and then advanced HCR 95, which would create a more uniform tax base for future state and local tax exemptions and credits, requiring a two-thirds vote of both chambers to deviate from that uniformity. HB 648 was deferred by the author. HB 1049, dealing with public meeting procedures and notice requirements, was amended after discussion with the Police Jury Association, school boards, and local government groups; the amendments removed a requirement for a lawyer at every meeting and clarified notice and posting language, and the bill was reported with amendments despite opposition from local government associations and the City of Baker. The committee then heard HB 615, which would expand livestreaming and two-year archiving requirements to more public bodies, including non-elected boards and commissions with taxing or rulemaking authority. Supporters framed it as a transparency measure, while local government and association witnesses argued it would impose an unfunded mandate, especially on small volunteer boards, and raised concerns about costs, staffing, record retention, and reliance on social media platforms. The bill was not advanced. HB 1201, as amended, would provide legislators reimbursement for travel and limited out-of-session expenses, including housing and mileage, beginning with the next term; members discussed the need to make public service more financially feasible and to broaden who can afford to serve. The committee reported HB 1201 with amendments. The committee also considered two constitutional convention-related bills. HB 244 would set guardrails for any future convention by capping delegates at 144, specifying delegate selection, requiring a two-thirds delegate vote to send proposals to voters, and requiring both a majority of voters and approval by three-fourths of the parishes for ratification; after debate over whether the parish threshold was too high, the bill was reported favorably on a roll call vote. HB 4, as amended, was narrowed to require the Senate and House Governmental Affairs committees to meet in the off-season to discuss the mechanics of a possible convention, but members viewed it as more of a study resolution than binding legislation, and the committee voted to keep it in committee. The meeting then moved to confirmation hearings. Courtney Myers, nominated for Deputy Secretary for the Office of Juvenile Justice, and Ernest Jacob Reade Jr., nominated as Assistant Secretary, testified about their backgrounds and priorities, emphasizing juvenile rehabilitation, education and vocational programming, mental health services, credible messengers, family contact, and better communication with legislators and families. Nathan McBride, nominated as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality, testified about his engineering and government affairs background and said he would focus on legislative work, waste tire management, permitting modernization, and constituent service.

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• We know that social media platforms are engineered to keep users, especially children, engaged.
• This is my omnibus environmental justice bill.
• So I really appreciate her approach to environmental justice and to phasing things out of Nevada that
• I represent the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition.
• We're in strong support of this bill today because environmental injustices take many forms and we have

Bills: AB52, AB76, AB163, AB388, AB483

Keywords: health insurance, claims process, insurance regulation, admin penalties, healthcare access, cannabis, cannabis establishment, medical cannabis, adult-use cannabis, advertising regulations, packaging requirements, unlicensed cannabis activities, state prosecution, confidentiality, Cannabis Compliance Board, disciplinary proceedings, mental health, counseling, interstate practice, telehealth

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• are tied directly to clinical care, while the remaining 80% is shaped by social, economic, and environmental
• <00:14:55.279> factors<00:14:55.839> in<00:14:56.079> which the environmental
• factors in which the environmental factors in which people<00:14:56.720> live,<00:14:57.040><
• We are essential to being efficient so our local economic engines can be successful as well.
• efficient so our local economic engines efficient so our local economic engines can<00:38:57.839

Keywords: 1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 2. Approval of Minutes – 00:01:32 3. Getting to Know the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky – 00:02:26 4. Healthy Kids Clinic – 00:26:58 5. Pharmacy Payment Parity – 00:56:36 6. Ibogaine – 01:17:37 7. Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 01:53:05 8. Adjournment – 01:53:19, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the prior meeting minutes and recognized Eric Clark for his service, noting this may be his last meeting before he leaves state government. The main presentation was from Allison Adams, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, who described the organization’s history, nonpartisan mission, and focus on health equity, prevention, and upstream policy solutions. She said Kentucky’s poor rankings in chronic disease, preventable hospitalizations, and life expectancy show the need to shift resources toward prevention and community-driven strategies rather than relying mainly on treatment after people become sick. Adams emphasized leading health indicators, arguing that lawmakers should track actionable measures such as quit attempts and smoke-free policies instead of only lagging indicators like disease rates and mortality. In response to questions, she said accountability should be shared across communities and systems, with possible incentives and disincentives tied to outcomes, and she supported creating a public data utility or dashboard, ideally with university partners, to help legislators and communities monitor progress. She also cited examples of accountable health community models and said Kentucky could adapt similar approaches. The committee then heard from Meade County Schools Superintendent Mark Martin and district health coordinator Karen Kotche about the Healthy Kids Clinic partnership with Cumberland Health. They described a seven-year effort that led to full implementation in the district, which now has a nurse in every school and a nurse practitioner, allowing services such as sports physicals and other clinic functions to be provided on campus. They said the program has been a strong investment for students and the community and began explaining how the district built the partnership after earlier efforts and delays, including the pandemic.

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• 10, uh, line 8, the contingency of when this provision would go into effect, and it's about the environmental
• <01:32:22.080> Um,<01:32:22.960> I It's about the environmental plan.
• 01:36:22.480> check inspection process, the those check inspection process, the those check engine
• 23.360> that<01:36:23.679> can<01:36:23.840> cost<01:36:24.159> thousands engine
• lights that can cost thousands engine lights that can cost thousands and<01:36:24.880> thousands<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Edward's University with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science and Political Science.
• I had just landed a field engineering job with the respective construction company. in Houston.
• My name is Carol Baker and I have a in chemical engineering and have experience in manufacturing and
• Edward's University. with a bachelor's degree in environmental science and political science.
• This is about justice, public health, environmental sustainability, and economic growth.

Bills: HB 28, SB 3

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, HB28, public testimony, committee decorum, bill substitute, legislative process

Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.

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• I'm a computer engineering and economics major at the college.
• Um, the possibility of decreasing human health and environmental quality as a result of that.
• There's nothing in this act that decreases the obligations of our Department of Environmental Quality
• Nothing waives the requirements under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and any other environmental
• Nothing waves the Environmental Quality.

Keywords: 916, all

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• And so I think, and I'm not an engineer, but we need more standby generation to be able to do that.
• And so I think, and I'm not an engineer, but we need more standby generation to be able to do that.
• I mean, we're running on all these old dinosaurs, and lucky so far that your engineers have been able
• I I'm not an engineer. I'll have to get back to you. your grid.
• I I'm not an engineer. Um, I'm not sure. I I'm not an engineer.

Bills: SB3326, SB2911

Keywords: renewable energy, energy storage, cost reduction, public utilities commission, Hawaii energy policies, intoxicating liquor, direct shipment, breweries, distilleries, Hawaii, 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard SB 3001 on artificial intelligence in a joint Commerce and Consumer Protection/Labor and Technology hearing. Testimony included support from the Department of Education and Google, comments from the Office of Consumer Protection and the Attorney General’s office, and late opposition from Agentic LLC. The Attorney General raised constitutional and vagueness concerns and suggested clarifying amendments, while Google said the bill’s risk-based approach and proposed amendments could help establish industry-wide safety standards for minors. The committees recessed and then voted to pass SB 3001 with amendments, adopting DCCA/OCP recommendations on data minimization for minors and UDAP clarity, the Attorney General’s proposed clarifications and deletions, and Google’s nonconflicting amendments; the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050. The vote passed unanimously among members present, with some members excused. The Commerce and Consumer Protection committee then took up several previously heard measures in decision-making. SB 2045 on combat sports passed with amendments reflecting DCCA and boxing commission recommendations, including clarifying the on-site medical professional requirement, reporting duties, promoter payment, removal of the combat sports registry and ambulance requirement, and other technical changes; the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050. SP 2347 on the residential landlord-tenant code passed with amendments striking landlord requirements so OCP could work on a multilingual tenant-rights notice, and SP 2495 on consumer protection passed with amendments requiring OCP to publish an annual report on potential code violations. SB 2777 on insurance was deferred to February 17, 2026 for further decision-making. At a later CPN decision-making agenda, SB 2471 and SB 2829, both relating to the powers of artificial persons, passed with amendments clarifying the preamble, removing language about foreign artificial persons, and making other consistency and non-substantive changes; both effective dates were moved to January 1, 2027. SP 2033 on renewable energy also passed with amendments clarifying the definition of grid-ready homes, cost-sharing provisions, applicability to interconnecting customers, and safety/certification compliance, with the effective date deferred to July 1, 2050. In each case, the committee voted to adopt the recommendations without objections from members present. The committees also heard SB 3000 on insurance, which would authorize the Attorney General to bring civil actions to recover costs and losses tied to climate-attributable harm and future climate risk, including costs incurred by state insurance-related entities. The Insurance Division and Attorney General’s office offered comments seeking clarification and warning about redundancy, implementation issues, possible representation of private insurers, and concurrent litigation concerns. Supporters, including the Center for Climate Integrity, a resident testifier, Sierra Club, and Green America, argued the bill would help shift insurance costs to fossil fuel companies responsible for climate harms and address rising premiums and nonrenewals in Hawaii. Opponents, including the American Petroleum Institute, argued the bill singled out one industry, raised constitutional concerns, and should be deferred because related climate litigation is already pending. The transcript ends with the committee continuing testimony and discussion on SB 3000 and then moving into SB 3326 on energy, where the consumer advocate and Hawaiian Electric opposed the bill’s proposed separation of generation from transmission and distribution, while the PUC stood on written testimony, Retail Merchants of Hawaii supported it, and Life of the Land raised concerns about assumptions and the need for more substance.